Tool-box for hand-cars.



N0. 701,000. Patented June 10, I902.

L. LARSON.

TOOL BOX FOR HAND CABS.

- (Application filedApr. 11,' 1902.)

(N0 Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS LARSON, OF NORW=AY,-'IOWA.

TOOL-BOX FOR-HANDQ-CARS.

' SPECIFICATION aimin atfofaaergmantra 701,900, (i mune 10,1902.

' Application filed r m 11,1902. Serial No. 1 2,453, crown.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS LARSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norway, in

the county of Benton and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Boxes for Hand-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hand-cars such as are used by section-men in the building and repair of railway-track; and the'obj'e'ot'of :the

invention is to provide a simple and convenient receptacle for the tools and appliances required by such section-men.

drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front viewlinvper spectiveofa" tool-box embodying my invention as applied;

to an ordinary hand-car with the doors, closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing 'the'tool-box open.

of a cupboard or locker, pyramidal in form as seen from the front, and adapted to fit neatly against one of the pair of standards A,

' which support the hand-car lever B, asshown in Fig. 1, to which standard the locker is suitably secured, as by bolts or screws. (Not shown.) Internally the box C is provided with a series of shelvesD E F, the number thereof being suchasci-rcumstances may re- The invention is s1mple ,being in thenatu're uire? Some of these shelves project r01 wardly flush with the sides of the box, and to them, as to the bottom of the box, are hinged. drop-doors G H I, which are provided with suitable fastenings, such as buttons J The shelves furnish suitable supports for the neoessary tools, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Conforming, as it does, to the outline of the handcar standards, the box presents a neat and symmetricalappearance, and being bolted or screwed to the'fstandards and floor of the car their appearance.

givesthem added strength without impairing At the same time it gives room forjacompact stowin g away of the tools, which otherwise cl mber the floor of the car.

Havingithu's described my invention, what desire'to secure by Letters Incombination with; alliand-car, a tool-box conforming tothe outline of the hand-car-lever standard, and secured thereto, said toolbox beingfprovided'with a series of shelves for tools, and'a' series of'h'in'ged, drop-doors, with suitable means'forfastening them in closed position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LEWIS LARSON.

Witnesses:

SJUR LARSON, F. R. WILEY. 

